Ooh Idea!Hello, hello ,well reading my previous
blog post has led me to decide to make a list of
places I think people should go and I'll write
reasons why too.
Okay here we go!!! Ooh I'm
tingling with
excitement.
1)Wairoa (and not just because its my hometown), Hawkes Bay New Zealand- if you aren't from NZ then you're gonna have a lot of problems finding hell even if you are from here your gonna have problems, Wairoa is a tiny little town fulled with culture and history. The mainstreet is righ next to the Wairoa River (full name Wairoahopupuhongengematangirau. I know its a mouthful) the museaum is home to things from local artists and full to the brim with history and information, there a re many local buisnesses though if you want a KFC chicken burger you'll have to go to Gisborne which is our closest city, if you drive out of wairoa by about twenty minutes you'll come to the Morere Hot Springs, there you can relax and then go for a hike and return to a barbeque dinner (word to the wise though bring bug spray) If you turn the other way at the intersection however you'll find your self at Waikaremoana- or the Lake as locals call it, before you get there you'll pass Tuai, where my Blonde friend lives on her farm. At Waikaremoana you can hire out a canoe or a kayak and paddle arond the Lake or you could go for a scenic tour or a tramp around the lake.
2)Next we have the beautiful Island of Crete, the largest of the Greek Islands, a beautiful island that (if you're up to date on your greek history) you'll know was the centre of the Minoan Civilistation, as well as once being the home to King Minos who was the king who wished that everything he touched would turn to gold then, after not being able to eat or drink and turning his daughter into a statue, pleaded with the god who gave it to him Dionysus (god of excess; so like the ultimate frat boy) to take it away and undo all that he had done, the god agreed having taught Minos all about how bad greed is. Was also the home to the Minotaur, and the Labyrinth that Daedalus made to contain him, the one that his son (Icarus) got killed escaping and securing his legend.
3)Rome- home of the Gladiators, chariots and all that manly stuff, was the centre of the Universe while the Romans were in charge- they were the ones who threw Christians to lions and watche them get eaten just FYI. Named of course for Romulus one of the twins that fonded the city, when they decided to name it there was a bit of an arguement- one thwat ended with Remus' head lying at Romulus' feet. Kinda bloodthirsty. Is now the capital of Italy; built on seven hills- the Aventine Hill, the Caelian Hill, the Capitoline Hill, the Esquiline Hil, the Palatine Hill, the Quirinal Hill, and the Viminal Hill -don't ask me any of them mean I have no idea. Home also to St. Peters Basilica, which looks really pretty all lit up at night.
4) Ooh Venice- the city of canals- Also in Italy, the people of Venice were once called Lagoon dwellers--sorry folks busy- add more later
